Posts Tagged: customer

Scott and I (the founders of KickoffLabs), recently got back from Las Vegas… WOOT! But it’s probably not what you think… There really wasn’t any of this going on: What we were actually in Vegas for was to attend the awesome #MicroConf, a two-day conference focused on self-funded startups that are bootstrapping a business. A… Read more »

You’re asking customers for their name, email address, and favorite color. You want to use that information to personalize your email responders and newsletters sent with KickoffLabs. We’ve now make this much simpler. Below our email editors you’ll see a list of replacement tokens you can leverage based on the information you are collecting. We… Read more »

Last week I stayed at a Hampton Inn and Suites. One of their perks is “cookie hour” whereby they have fresh baked cookies in the lobby from 8-9pm. It doesn’t get much better than than walking in from a long snowy day of traveling and finding yourself a fresh baked cookie. On my last night… Read more »

Author Mark Graban is the latest customer to take us up on this offer. He is capturing info for a new book that will be published in April 2012 and he is also using KickoffLabs to gauge interest in an audio book version of his first book. What I love about Mark is that he… Read more »

Big banks can’t help anyone track personal loans and debts. They aren’t in it to help out your friends. That’s why I love the motivation behind PayyMe. They are building a peer to peer debt tracking system. Perfect for the new economy. Here is the story in their words. 1. Tell us about PayyMe The… Read more »

Groupon made targeting small businesses popular for startups again. Even if their big IPO flops they’ve created an anti-walmart “I’m going to target the little guy” mentality and that’s exciting. One startup that’s targeting the “little guy” is Kngroo. This is their story in their words. 1. Tell us about Kngroo Kngroo emerged from… Read more »

There is a huge future in the “barter-economy” and I’m rooting for Emily Kramer to be a big part of that future with Swappist. Here is their story. 1. Tell us about swappist? Simply put, Swappist is an anti-scalper secondary ticket market. In friendlier terms, Swappist is a community of music fans who buy and sell… Read more »

When someone signs up for your site/service/list you get a second chance to make a first impression… But how should you use it? Here are some general guidelines and a good example from a KickoffLabs customer. 1. Say thank you – You just got paid with someones attention. Show some gratitude. 2. Add some personality… Read more »

Today we’re featuring Vertioso. People often ask me what other ideas Scott and I were discussing before landing on KickoffLabs and this is pretty close. Check out what Joshua Cook had to say about his “how to” marketplace that’s coming soon. 1. Tell us about Vertioso. Vertioso was born out of a sense of frustration… Read more »

Today we’re featuring Mozeet and Greg Strange. They are building a community recruiting tool for jobseekers. I love companies that innovate in spaces like HR. I’ll let Greg take it from here. Tell us about Mozeet We’re a bit mum on what we’re actually doing but we are building a community recruiting tool for jobseekers…. Read more »